Helvetica

Helvetica

Helvetica examines the stream of visual information we exposed to daily by mass media and how the typography that shapes these visual messages can affect our daily lives.

The documentary goes inside the world of graphic arts to see how this typeface communicates thousands of words to each of us every day.

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit explores urban spaces in major cities around the globe and the typefaces that inhabit them, talking with prominent historians and designers about the creativity behind their work and their choice for using certain fonts.